Thread by @arapaho415

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW THE SIMPLEST RESEARCH ENDS UP BEING A RABBIT HOLE descending into GWB and 9/11. JHC.
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1/ IFES is a NGO founded in 1987 which is part of a "cooperative agreement supervised by the US Agency for International Development (USAID)"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internati…

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 2/ In addition to USAID, IFES receives funding from our generous allies Australia🇦🇺, Canada🇨🇦, UK🇬🇧, Finland🇫🇮, Norway🇳🇴 and Sweden🇸🇪.
"In 1995, IFES embarked on a joint venture with International Republican Institute & the National Democratic Institute for Int'l Affairs (con't)

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 3/ to create the Consortium for Elections & Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS)."
"In 1995, IFES... accomplished its first surveys in Russia🇷🇺 and Ukraine🇺🇦."
"In 2003, IFES acquired The Center for Democracy, an organization founded in 1985 by Allen Weinstein." (more...)

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 4/ Allen Weinstein leads us down the GWB and 9/11 rabbit hole.
Apr 29, 2004:
The "nomination of Allen Weinstein, a historian of Soviet🇷🇺 espionage, as archivist of the US has caused a storm of protest in the normally quiet world of archivists & historians.
swap.stanford.edu/20090612080842…

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 5/ ...19 organizations, including the Society of American Archivists and the Organization of American Historians, have issued a joint statement expressing concern and calling on the Senate, which must confirm the nomination, to hold hearings... (con't)

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 6/ …to find out why the current archivist is being replaced &whether Weinstein is qualified. That call was heeded; hearings will be held 'in the coming weeks,' according to a Senate spokesperson."
"The groups' 1st concern is that the nomination appears to be a political move...

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 7/ ...while the position of archivist was supposed to have been depoliticized.
Weinstein has close ties to Republicans in Congress, and the board of his Center for Democracy includes ➡️Henry Kissinger⬅️[= #RussiaRedFlag🇷🇺]. (more...)

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 8/ "Why, then, has the White House nominated a new archivist? Many speculate that George W. Bush, as well as his father, thinks the younger Bush may lose the election, and they want their man in control of their archives before that happens. (con't)

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 9/ "The new archivist will deal with access to the papers of the 9/11 Commission after it closes up shop in August and with the release of the archives of the presidency of Bush Senior, which, under the Presidential Records Act, can be made public starting in 2005 (con't)

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 10/ except, of course, for classified documents). These records include, for example, documents on Bush Senior's role in the Iran/contra scandal of the late 1980s, when he was Reagan's Vice President."
Weinstein was confirmed, and served from Feb 16, 2005 until his resignation...

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 11/ … on Dec 19, 2008 which was forced "by credible complaints of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or both from six female employees from 2005–2007." (more...)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Wei…

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 12/ "During his tenure as a professor at the University of Maryland afterward... Weinstein allegedly sexually assaulted a graduate student in 2010."
Feb 5, 2018: (more...)
thedailybeast.com/she-was-assaul…

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 13/ From The Nation, Apr 29, 2004 (tweet 4):
"For Weinstein's 1998 book The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage🇷🇺 in America--The Stalin Era, his publisher, Random House, in 1993 paid a group of retired KGB agents a substantial amount of money... (con't)

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 14/ --Weinstein has told people $100,000--in exchange for 'exclusive' access to the KGB archives (see Ellen Schrecker, 'The Spies Who Loved Us?' May 24, 1999). This appears to violate the code of ethics of the International Council on Archives... (con't)

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 15/ ...which calls for 'the widest possible access' to documents."
FWIW, Weinstein's parents were Russian🇷🇺-Jewish immigrants.
So, a serial sexual assaulter who may have been a Russian🇷🇺 agent was in charge of our country's national archives from Feb 16, 2005-Dec 19, 2008. (more)

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 16/ On to IFES founder, Clifford White, who founded it in 1987. From Clifford White's Jan 10, 1993 obit:
"F. Clifton White... conceived & masterminded the conservative dominance of the 1964 RNC and its nomination of Barry Goldwater for President. (more...)
nytimes.com/1993/01/10/us/…

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 17/ "Among F. Clifton White's clients was President Carlos Andres Perez of Venezuela, when he was first elected in 1973. Mr. White also worked on the 1972 Senate campaign of Jesse Helms of North Carolina. And he headed the 1970 Senate campaign of James L. Buckley (Wm F's bro)..."

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 18/ Fans of @JamesFourM will recognize this familiar name:
"The Buckley campaign was his first with young pollster *Arthur J. Finkelstein,* with whom White would go into business in their consulting firm, DirAction Services. (con't)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Clifto…

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 @JamesFourM 19/ Their 1972 campaigns included the Committee to Re-Elect the President... and the successful bid of broadcaster Jesse Helms for the U.S. Senate from North Carolina."
Another protégé of Jesse Helms is our current VA Secretary: (more...)

https://twitter.com/arapaho415/status/1057475802852290560

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 @JamesFourM 20/ This <thread> was written in response to a 990 filed for fiscal year 2014 (Oct 2013-Sep 2014), which @jennycohn1 noted had a grant to Russia for $681,504 (page 33): (more...)
990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archiv…

https://twitter.com/jennycohn1/status/1078838299169452032

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 @JamesFourM @jennycohn1 21/ The next page (34) shows an expenditure of $4,181,790 for "program services/election monitoring and education," with 3 offices and 18 employees: (more...)

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 @JamesFourM @jennycohn1 22/ Some replies to @loonyberg and @jennycohn1 mentioned some Dems. Wikipedia says "IFES is supervised by a Board of Directors made up of equal parts Democrats, Republicans and members of the international community."
(more...)

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 @JamesFourM @jennycohn1 23/ In tweet 2 of this <thread>, I mentioned that "In 1995, IFES embarked on a joint venture with International Republican Institute..." which figured prominently in this Oct 1, 2008 article: (more...)
thenation.com/article/mccain…

@loonyberg @ThomasS4217 @DirkSchwenk @dwinfrey72 @MountainsStars @lovetogive2 @craigunger @gregolear @kelly2277 @MsMariaT @karolcummins @MingGao26 @MelissaJPeltier @aliasvaughn @Ex67T20 @JamesFourM @jennycohn1 24/ "International Republican Institute, whose board McCain has chaired since 1993." "But behind the scenes the former head of IRI’s Moscow office, Philip Griffin, was recruited by Manafort to work on Yanukovich’s campaign against Yushchenko." (more...)